Chip Barnett is a journalist with almost 50 years of professional experience. He started his career at the Gannett Newspapers in Westchester County, N.Y., working his way up from back-shop compositor to Senior News Editor. Barnett later worked for Thomson Reuters in Manhattan, covering state and local government finance as a Reporter and later Executive Editor for TM3.com and as Editor in Charge of Municipal Finance for Reuters News. Later, he was the Editor of Municipal Finance Today at SourceMedia. Barnett has also worked for DebtWire/Municipals and has written about commercial real estate in South Florida and the Midwest for both The Real Deal and Globe Street. Barnett is currently a Reporter at The Bond Buyer.
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Municipal bonds turned mixed on a cold and snowy day in the Northeast as stocks surged to historic highs on Thursday.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanJanuary 4 -
New York City’s newly elected officials outlined a progressive agenda topped by vows to tackle the housing affordability crisis.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 4 -
Municipal bonds were mixed at midday as the primary was set to heat up the despite cold weather and snow in the Northeast.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanJanuary 4 -
The municipal primary heats up on Thursday as the New Jersey Economic Development Authority gets ready to come to market with $381.195 million of state lease revenue bonds.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanJanuary 4 -
While Wall Street firms agree that municipal bond volume will drop from 2017, their estimates of how much range from 8% to 34%.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanJanuary 3 -
Municipal bonds are mixed at mid-session as the market awaits the start of this week's new issue activity.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanJanuary 3 -
The municipal bond market is waiting to see this week’s new issues as bonds traded mixed in early activity.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanJanuary 3 -
As stocks surged and Treasuries swooned, municipal bond traders gauged the direction of yields as they looked ahead to what may be a downturn in issuance this year.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanJanuary 2 -
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill expanding the contract process to put the city closer to par with New York State.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 2 -
As stocks surge and Treasuries swoon, municipal bond traders bide their time gauging the direction of yields.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanJanuary 2 -
Municipal bond traders were returning to their desks on Tuesday with their eyes fixed on falling yields as they await a rather quiet primary market.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 2 -
The municipal bond market will see a shortage of new supply kicking off the new year, after experiencing a record-breaking month in which almost $63 billion of bonds sold.
By Chip BarnettDecember 29 -
The municipal bond market will see a shortage of new supply going into the new year, after experiencing a record-breaking month in which more than $61 billion of bonds sold.
By Chip BarnettDecember 29 -
With the primary market at a standstill Thursday, attention turned to the first major deal of the New Year, a planned sale by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority that’s being challenged in court.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanDecember 28 -
While there are no major bond issues on the slate for Thursday, one deal that is garnering some attention is next week's $381 million offering from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanDecember 28 -
The pioneer in electronic muni data celebrated its 25th year with a new product that addresses the market's need for best execution.
By Chip BarnettDecember 27 -
A bill to expand opportunity for Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprises awaits final approval in Albany.
By Chip BarnettDecember 22 -
As the exact language of the final tax legislation looms, municipal market participants eager wait to see how it pertains to private activity bonds, there will be $11 billion of issuance awaits as issuers make one final push.
By Aaron Weitzman and Chip BarnettDecember 15 -
Cybersecurity is among the city's latest challenges, said James Patchett, CEO of the New York City Economic Development Corp.
By Chip BarnettDecember 15 -
The municipal bond market next week will continue to see above-average volume, albeit at a much slower pace than this week, as $11.14 billion of deals are on the calendar.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanDecember 15













